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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Taliban attack kills two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least two U.S. Marines were killed during what was described as a complex Taliban attack on base in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The incident at Camp Bastion in southern Helmand province also left others wounded, the officials said, without offering further details, including on the nationalities of the wounded.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart)

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